Nattavaara is a minor locality in

Gällivare Municipality Gällivare Municipality (; or ; ; ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. Gällivare Lapland Airport is the only airport in the region able to accommod ...

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in the province of Lapland in

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. The settlement had a permanent population of 114 as of the year 2015. Nattavaara is located by road south of municipal seat

Gällivare Gällivare (; ; or ; or ; ) is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,449 inhabitants in 2010. The town was founded in the 17th century. Together with nearby towns Malmberget ...

. That is also the nearest urban area, with

Jokkmokk Jokkmokk () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, provinces of Sweden, province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland, Sweden, with 2,786 inhabitants in 2010. The Lule Sámi name of the place (compos ...

being slightly further away to the southwest. The only paved roads are to the north and the east, whereas the Jokkmokk road transitions into a gravel road just west of the village. Nattavaara is actually two villages in

, the southern Nattavaara and the northern Nattavaara by. When the construction of the

Iron Ore Line The Iron Ore Line () is a long railway line between Riksgränsen and Boden in Norrbotten County, Sweden, owned by Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). The line also contains two branches, from Kiruna to Svappavaara and from G� ...

in 1887 reached the

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the settlement Nattavaara station was established on the

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. ''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...

heath west of the Råne river, about 5 km from the original village on the mountain, Nattavaara by. The settlement Nattavaara has a station on the rail line between

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and

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Climate

Nattavaara has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

(

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''Dfc'') typical of central Lapland. Winters are long, dark and cold with an extensive snow cover, whereas the

midnight sun Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight. When midnight sun is see ...

in summer is accompanied by temperatures of about on average. Winters can sometimes fall below and are among the coldest in terms of Swedish locations with weather stations.

Images

Nattavaara railway station Sweden.jpg, Nattavaara railway station shunting yard Sweden.jpg, Nattavaara station.jpg, Nattavara järnvägsstation.jpg, Nattavaara by.jpg,

References

{{reflist Populated places in Gällivare Municipality Populated places in Arctic Sweden Railway stations in Norrbotten County